Saffron stood with the baby in her arms and looked at Laura. “Hello, Laura.”
“You know her?” Isla asked with a frown.
“She was in my vision.”
“Vision?” Laura repeated.
Saffron let Isla take the child from her and crossed her arms over her chest. “I’m a Seer.”
“I thought you were staying away for the child’s sake?”
“I was,” Saffron said. She licked her lips and looked at Isla. “I saw how Jason would get away. We had to come.”
Isla hugged the child to her. “For Emma’s sake, you could have just called.”
Saffron shook her head slowly. “You know Camdyn better than that. He wanted to leave me and Emma behind, but I refused.”
“Come,” Isla said as she turned and started back to the parlor. “The others need to know. What can we do?”
“Nothing.”
Laura looked at Saffron, who still stood by the front door, and Isla who had stopped and faced her. “What do you mean nothing?”
“If we add our magic to try and halt Jason’s departure, he’ll use it to help him.”
“He can do that?” Laura asked.
Saffron nodded. “Oh, yes.”
Isla gave a slight wince when Emma grabbed hold of her long hair. “Then who can stop him?”
“The Warriors,” Saffron answered. “I explained it all to Camdyn. He knows what to do.”
“That’s if he gets there in time,” Laura added. “I hate to point out the obvious, but the battle could be over by now.”
Saffron walked past Laura and Isla to the parlor and paused at the doorway. “He’ll get there in time. After everything we’ve been through, none of the Warriors will let Jason walk away from this battle.”
Laura waited for Saffron to enter the parlor before she looked at Isla to find the Druid’s eyes trained on her. “We’re Druids. We’re meant to help.”
“I know,” Isla said. “That’s the part that stings the most.”
“Are Saffron’s visions never wrong?”
Isla shook her head. “She only sees parts of visions. When she isn’t sure, she lets us know. I’ve never seen her so certain of something before.”
“Why doesn’t she just tell us the vision?”
“It must be bad enough that she’s trying to spare us.”
Laura turned to the window. “I won’t accept the possibility of Charon not returning. I can’t.”
“And I can’t think of Hayden being taken from me. They are Warriors, Laura. You need to trust in Charon’s skill.”
“I do,” she admitted. “I’ve seen what he can do, but I’ve also seen Jason bring him down. With Jason and the selmyr attacking, will the dragons’ aid be enough?”
“We just have to pray it is. And God help Jason Wallace if my Warrior doesn’t walk through those doors.”
Laura raised her hands in front of her as she felt her magic begin to tingle beneath her skin. She turned and rushed into the parlor to hear Saffron tell the others what was going on.
“You said Wallace would use our magic,” she blurted out when Saffron paused.
Saffron frowned as she looked at her. “That’s right. If we use our magic against him, he’ll turn it to his advantage.”
“So, let’s not use our magic against him. Let’s use our magic to heighten the storm or the forces of nature.”
Sonya smiled widely. “Oh, I like that idea. Sitting by and doing nothing wasn’t appealing to me at all.”
“What do you think, Saffron?” Cara asked. “Can we do as Laura’s suggested?”
Saffron sat there for a moment before a slow smile began to form. “Yes. I think we can.”
Excitement pulsed through Laura, causing her magic to hum faster. The Druids resumed their circle on the floor, their hands linked and their eyes closed.
Laura’s excitement grew as she once more heard the drums and chanting.
We’re going to win, Charon, she thought to herself just before the ancients took her again.
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
There were too many selmyr. Charon realized it as soon as they were attacked. The dragons were holding hundreds more from getting to the others and joining in the attack.
He caught sight of two selmyr as they jumped on Hayden’s back and bit him. Hayden let out a roar of rage, but couldn’t get them off.
Charon rushed to the red-skinned Warrior and hastily jerked out the spine of one selmyr. The other turned to Charon with a hiss of indignation, Hayden’s blood dripping from its lips.
“Come on, you ugly fuck,” Charon taunted it.
Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Hayden get to his knees and form a fireball in his hand. Charon dived to the side the same time Hayden launched the fire at the selmyr.